Movie Info

A complete lack of imagination is what qualifies this as a B movie. Thankfully, this snowy adventure about a boy and his dogs is charming enough to en...(read more...) tice the kiddies. Charismatic MacKenzie Astin plays a teenager trying to save the family farm by entering a 522-mile sled-dog marathon. Except for Astin, the lusciously scenic background has more depth than most of the characters. This is so predictable you could take a nap and miss nothing except a few rousing scenes in the 1917 Winnipeg-to-St.-Paul sled race. Although this is visually more appealing than most family fare, one wishes more attention had been paid to the script. --Rochelle O'Gorman

Director: Charles Haid

MPAA: PG

Running Time: 109 min.

Release Date: Jan 14, 1994

Cast: August Schellenberg, Brian Cox, David Ogden Stiers, George Gerdes, James Cada, Kevin Spacey, Mackenzie Astin, Michael Laskin, Penelope Windust, Rex Linn